"Britain first seeks to divide communities through their use of
hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions," the
spokesman said at a press briefing attended by Business Insider.
"They cause anxiety to law-abiding people."

He continued: "British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudice
of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values that this
country represents: decency, tolerance, and respect. It is wrong
for the president to have done this."

Trump retweeted three videos posted by Jayda Fransen — the deputy
leader of Britain First, the UK's best-known far-right group —
with the titles "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!"
"Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to
death!" and "Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!"

One
of the posts, with US President Donald Trump's retweet
highlighted.Twitter

May's spokesman said he talked to the prime minister about
Trump's tweets as she was travelling in the Middle East.

It is very rare for the British government to directly condemn a
US president, and May has been criticised for her previous
reluctance to get involved in controversies involving Trump.

Trump's retweets have led to calls for May to cancel the
president's planned state visit to the UK next year. May's
spokesman said that the invitation to Trump had "been extended
and accepted" and that the visit would still go ahead, though a
Sky News reporter described government sources as saying it would
be "downgraded."

Another govt source on Trump visit: "We won't pull it. The status of the office of president overrides the bad behaviour on his part." But not going to happen in near term and is being downgraded from full blown state visit

"Whether it's a real video, the threat is real," she said. "His
goal is to promote strong border security and strong national
security."

Paul
Golding and Jayda Fransen, leaders of the far-right group Britain
First.Paul
Golding/Facebook

Fransen expressed joy at Trump's retweeting the videos she
posted.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD TRUMP, HAS RETWEETED THREE OF DEPUTY LEADER JAYDA FRANSEN'S TWITTER VIDEOS! DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA! OCS @JaydaBF@realDonaldTrumppic.twitter.com/BiQfQkTra9

Fransen is awaiting trial on charges that she incited religious
hatred in the town of Ramsgate,
according to KentLive. She also was charged earlier this
month over an inflammatory speech in Northern Ireland in August,
according
to the BBC.